In places like Germany, these sexologists were associated with progressive political movements that combated stigmatization of homosexuality and contraception and broke taboos regarding issues such as impotence and masturbation.

The Ottoman Erotic

In this episode, Liat Kozma examines how sexology traveled and transformed in Middle Eastern contexts through the writings of Egyptian doctors and Jewish exiles. Obduktionsteknikern förbereder obduktionen genom att öppna kroppen samt ta ut och dissekera organen. Arbete utomlands Obduktionstekniker kan på engelska kallas för Medical Technician. We close by shifting from matters of impotence to questions of agency, and how useful of a concept it is for this history. In the end, Roxelana's work, her relationship with Suleiman, and the unusual nuclear family they created despite the otherwise polygynous patterns of reproduction at the Ottoman court would transform the rules of Ottoman succession, the role of Ottoman royal women, and the future of the Empire as a whole. The life story of this one remarkable woman sheds light on many facets of the history of the Ottoman Empire, showing how a single individual's story can serve as a lynchpin for grasping the complexities of an age. The Lost Language of Gay Men.